Halloween Kills producer Jason Blum updates the original movie's iconic poster for the 2020 lockdown. Released in 1978, the original Halloween from director John Carpenter set the template for the entire slasher sub-genre while going on to become one of the most profitable independent films ever made.
Though Carpenter would leave Halloween behind after the first film (at least as director), the title would live on through an entire franchise stretching across 40 years and 11 films, the last coming with 2018’s reboot from director David Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride. Following on the success of that film (which grossed $225 million worldwide on a budget of $10 million), the Halloween franchise will live on with two more planned movies, Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends. The first of those brings back Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode, who seemingly had finally killed her personal boogeyman Michael Myers in the 2018 film (but of course, in Halloween, the boogeyman is never truly dead).
Producer Blum is of course one of the many people responsible for the resurrection of Halloween, through his highly successful film studio Blumhouse. In a recent tweet, Blum paid homage to the movie that started it all while acknowledging the ongoing coronavirus lockdown with a Halloween poster tweaked for our trying times. See the poster in the space below:
As terrifying as Michael Myers may be in the Halloween movies, nothing compares to the real life horror being experienced the world over thanks to the coronavirus outbreak. Indeed, the pandemic has been very bad news for Hollywood as release schedules have been thrown into chaos and upcoming projects have been forced to postpone production.
As of now, there has been no word on Halloween Kills itself being forced to move off its planned October 2020 release date, but October is far enough down the road that Blum and company may just be hoping things get back to normal in time for the movie to hit theaters on schedule. If things don’t get back to normal, producers will have to decide whether to postpone the movie’s theatrical release or take the drastic step of releasing the movie to VOD. Thus far, the movie business has been leery about embracing VOD releases, instead choosing to delay in hopes of still taking advantage of a theatrical window down the road. At the same time, they've moved to release some titles on VOD early as theaters have been forced to stay closed.
It remains to be seen if Halloween Kills will get swept up in the coronavirus crisis, or if Michael Myers and company will return to screens as planned. Either way, fans can expect a harrowing experience as one of movie history’s greatest slashers continues his rampage decades after first arriving to terrify audiences.
Source: Jason Blum/Twitter
